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'History of the Province of Gohud' [15r] (29/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (36 folios). It was created in c 1843. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Thus fell by treachery the important fortress of Gwaliot,
after a most gallant resistance on the part of its brave de
fenders of more than four months. There is no event more
worthy of admiration in the history of the native Princes of
India, prolific as it is of heroic deeds and instances of exalted
patriotism, than the intrepidity and devotion with which this
young Ranee, only eighteen years of age at the time of her
death, maintained to the last the trust committed to her
by her noble husband, of defending to the utmost that great
fortress, which is described by an historian of that time as
" the pearl of the necklace of the Castles of Hindostan * the
summit of which the nimble-footed wind from below cannot
reach, and on the bro w of which the rapid clouds have never
cast a shadow."
The news of the fall of Gwalior induced one of the mem
bers of the Supreme Council to move that "we should exert
the influence of the Government with Mahdajee Scindiah to
grant honourable terms to the Rana of Gohud, at least for
the safety of his family and person." The Governor-General
in consequence informed the Council "that he will write to
Lieutenant James Anderson," who had by this time suc
ceeded his brother as Governor-General's Agent with Scin
diah, " in favour of the Rana of Gohud, and lay his letter
before the Board," But it is significant of the Governor-
General's intention to abantlon the Rana to his fate, that
"professing not to recollect the promise of 22d September,
he neglected to write this formal official letter to the Agent
in favour of the Rana of Gohud," but addressed a private
communication a month later, on the 21st October 1783, to
Lieutenant Anderson, " in which, so far from carrying out
the views of the Council, and directing any effectual inter
ference in favour of the Rana, or commanding his Agent to
interpose the mediation of the British Government to pro
cure honourable terms for the Rana, or even the safety of
his person and family, contained the bitterest invectives
* Hasan Nizam a Taj-ul-Ma Asir. Ben. Sec. Coun., 22d Sept. 1783.
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A published, printed history of the Province of Gohud [Gohad] written on or after 1843, which is the last date to appear in the history.
The history, although published, gives no details of its author or information on when or where it was published.
There are a small number of alterations that have been made in ink to the text, for which the author is unknown but is likely to have been Lewis Pelly.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation number has been enclosed with a circle.
The volume also has its own original printed pagination, starting on the inside of the front page with the number 2 and finishing on the inside of the second to last page with the number 70.
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